what time do black cat shows usually end?

[andyrichter]

i'm going to this wednesday show at the black cat in may with a 4 band bill.  if doors open at 8:30, what time do shows like these usually start and end?  i ask because i want to know if i can see the whole show and still catch the last metro ride home.

[markie]

Oi, wot time do you lot get ill?  Kidding.  Shows usually end around 12:30 or so.

[andyrichter]

12:30?  well that sucks doesn't it?  there's no way i can get a ride meaning i have to take the metro home meaning 11:30 is when i gotta get my ass out of there.  why do black cat shows start so late?  don't they realize some people do take the metro there and metro closes pretty early?

[Barcelona]

I like late shows. The latest the show starts, the better.

[Sir HC]

4 bands, first on 9pm, and usually on the hour thereafter (maybe a little closer for the first two to give the headliners more time).  Still, after midnight.

[Bags]

9:30 Club is the only venue that tries to work with the metro schedule, but even there, it's never a given.  Just a fact of life.  Imagine the old days when the metro stopped at midnight on Friday and Saturday too!

[Sir HC]

I remember those days, when we would take the subway in and a friggin' bus back out.  Buses are really fun at 2 am.

[RonniStar]

The last show I went to, Caron Wheeler, it didn't until around 2 or 2:30am. That was on Friday, February 6th.

[Sir HC]

Speaking about the black cat, yuengling is $4.50 on tap!

[Bags]

Yuengling's $5 at 9:30...

[Celeste]

Originally posted by andyrichter:
  12:30?  well that sucks doesn't it?  there's no way i can get a ride meaning i have to take the metro home meaning 11:30 is when i gotta get my ass out of there.  why do black cat shows start so late?  don't they realize some people do take the metro there and metro closes pretty early?

that's the rock n' roll lifestyle in the big city, bro...maybe you should rent a zipcar or do a hotel night with friends or something?